Beater



H. M. HULL.

HEATER. APPLICATION man 5.18.1921.

1,401,408, Patnted Dec. 27, 1921 INVENTOR. Hem/M flail UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

BEATER.

Application filed February 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY M. HULL, a citizen of the United States, andresident of F airfield, in the county of Fair-field and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBeaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for beating eggs, cream or otherliquids.

An object of the invention is to provide a beater of extremely simpleconstruction consisting of a minimum number of parts, but yet capable offunctioning in exceedingly eflicient manner.

A further object is to incorporate in the improved beater novel meansadapted to carry air from the atmosphere into the interior of a liquidbeing beaten and deliver said air to said liquid in close proximity tothe dasher or other beater element of the heater to thus materiallyreduce the time heretofore necessary in effecting complete results.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises theconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fullydescribed and hereinafter specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the beater of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the ar' rows; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 in Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

As shown, the beater includes an upper frame member 10 and a lower framemem' ber 11 which are secured to each other as indicated by numeral 12,and each of the frame members consists of a single strip of preferablyflat metal suitably bent to adapt it to its purpose.

Numeral 13 denotes one end of the single strip of the upper frame memberand nu.- meral 1 1 denotes the opposite end thereof. Between said endsthe metal is bent to pro vide parallel support members 15 in which acrank shaft 16 carrying an operating handle 17 is adapted to be mountedas indicated at 18, and to provide an additional support member 19,parallel with support members 15, upon which is arranged in anyconvenient manner a support handle 20 for the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Serial No. 446,065.

beater, End 14 of the strip is secured in any desired manner to thatportion of the metal, denoted by 21, which connects the upper ends ofsupport members 15, and end 13 of the strip may be similarly secured tothat portlon of the metal, designated by numeral 22, which extends belowsupport members 15 and terminates in support member 19.

Numeral 23 denotes one end of the lower frame member and 24 denotes theopposite end thereof. This frame member is adapted to serve as a restfor the beater when in use and. may be of any configuration. .As shown,the strip is bent between ends 23 and 24 to constitute an ordinary loop25 inclosing the beater element and its associated parts in usual.manner. Ends 23 and 24 overlap and are preferably securely fastened uponportion 22 of the upper frame member, as indicated by numeral 12, sothat said frame members are in alinement, as will be understood.

Mounted upon crank shaft 16 to turn therewith and arranged betweensupport members 15 is a large gear 26 adapted to mesh with a pinion 27fixed upon the upper end of a spindle 28 mounted to turn in end 13,portion 22, and ends 23 and 2 1, as willv be understood, and also havinga bearing in the flat portion 29 of loop 25, as indicated at 30.Arranged upon the spindle to rotate therewith and preferably locatedadjacent the lower end of said spindle is a dasher or other beaterelement of any preferred design, represented by numeral 31.

The novel means hereinbefore mentioned. and adapted to carry air intothe interior of a liquid being beaten to deliver said air in closeproximity to the dasher comprise one or more air conducting tubes,designated by numeral. 32, which are preferably secured upon spindle 28in any preferred man ner and have ends 33 open to the atmosphere andends 3 1 incorporated in the dasher in any desired way. These tubes maybe of any preferred configuration, but are, as will be evident from Fig.1 of the drawing, so arranged that their up per open ends move into theatmosphere as the spindle is rotated, in right hand direction in saidfigure, and their lower open ends move with the dasher and away from theliquid being beaten. That is to say, as the dasher rotates it displacesthe liquid being beaten and causes a vacuum to exist at the rear side ofthe moving paddles of the dasher. The lower open ends of the tubes are,naturally, moving away from these vacuums and the upper ends of thetubes are being forced directly into the atmosphere. The result is thatthe air from the atmos phere rushes into the interior of the liquid todestroy the vacuums and delivers itself in close proximity to thepaddles of the dasher to greatly assist the beating operation.

What I desire to claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising an upper and a lowerframe, said upper frame consisting of a single strip or" metal bent toprovide three support members, a support handle upon one of said supportmembers, a crank shaft with operating handle mounted in two of saidsupport members, a gear fixed upon said crank shaft, a spindle mountedin said frames, a beater element fixed upon said spindle, and a pinionupon said spindle and arranged to mesh with said gear, said supporthandle being parallel with said two support members.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an upper and a lowerframe, said upper frame consisting of a single strip of metal bent toprovide three parallel support members, a support handle upon one ofsaid support members, a crank shaft with operating handle mounted in twoof Said support members, a gear fixed upon said crank shaft, a spindlemounted in said frames, a beater element fixed upon said spindle andarranged in said lower .lframe, and a pinion upon said spindle andarranged in said upper frame to mesh with said gear.

3. In adevice of the character described, a spindle adapted to rotate, abeater element thereon, and an air conducting tube upon said spindle andadapted to rotate therewith, said air conducting tube having its up perend open to the atmosphere when the heater is in use and its lower endincorporated in the beater element.

4-. A device of the character described, comprising a frame, a spindleadapted to retate therein, means for rotating the spindle. a heaterelement fixed upon the spindle, and an air conducting tube upon thespindle and incorporated in the beater element, said air conducting tubehaving an upper open end adapted to more into the atmosphere as thespindle rotates and a lower open end adapted to more with the beaterelement and away from a vacuum in the liquid being beaten formed by saidbeater element.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairiield, and State ofConnecticut, this 16th day of February, A. D. 1921.

HENRY M. HULL.

